grús m (genitive singular grúis, nominative plural grúis)
Somewhat of a technical term. The usual word for ‘crane’ is corr, but since that word also means ‘heron’ and ‘stork’, the Latin word grūs was pressed into service as an unambiguous word for ‘crane’.
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radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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grús | ghrús | ngrús |
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grús (gender unknown)
radical | lenition | nasalization |
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grús | grús pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngrús |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.